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“The Elms was the Johnsons’ Washington, D.C., mansion and it was equipped with a shower like nothing the staff had ever seen: water charging out of multiple nozzles in every direction with needlelike intensity and a hugely powerful force. One nozzle was pointed directly at the president’s penis, which he nicknamed “Jumbo.” Another shot right up his rear.”
― The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House
― The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House
“The only people we can think of as normal are those we don't yet know very well.”
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“You have to be quite heavily invested in someone to do them the honour of telling them you're annoyed with them.”
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“Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us.”
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“Perhaps the easiest people to fall in love with are those about whom
we know nothing. Romances are never as pure as those we imagine during
long train journeys, as we secretly contemplate a beautiful person who is
gazing out of the window – a perfect love story interrupted only when the
beloved looks back into the carriage and starts up a dull conversation
about the excessive price of the on-board sandwiches with a neighbour or
blows her nose aggressively into a handkerchief.”
― On Love
we know nothing. Romances are never as pure as those we imagine during
long train journeys, as we secretly contemplate a beautiful person who is
gazing out of the window – a perfect love story interrupted only when the
beloved looks back into the carriage and starts up a dull conversation
about the excessive price of the on-board sandwiches with a neighbour or
blows her nose aggressively into a handkerchief.”
― On Love
Susan’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Susan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
937 books
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10 friends
488 books
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13 friends
375 books
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21 friends
197 books
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10 friends
152 books
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64 friends
1 book
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1 friend
1 book
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26 friends
218 books
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24 friends
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